Alternative Punishments Law spares 11 female convicts from jail

Bahrain News

Mon, 21 May 2018

Noor Zahra

Eleven women have had their jail penalties commuted to non-custodial sentences since the start of the year, Attorney General Dr Ali Al Buainain announced yesterday.
They were all due to be imprisoned having been found guilty of criminal offences, but were spared jail at the request of the Public Prosecution.